GREEN CRESCENT AID UK

Registered charity 1187798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Green Crescent Aid UK is a UK registered charity (No. 1187798) that is dedicated to provide humanitarian aid and assistance to those in need, in particular within the UK and Malawi, and to other areas in the world. Our projects vary from working with the local community and organisations in the UK, to providing various types of aid to the most needy in rural Malawi.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £97,631 and held unrestricted reserves of £209,627 at the year end. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient funds to continue operating for at least the next 12 months. The charity relies on public donations for its principal funding sources.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least £3,000 (held: £210k)
“The Charity aims to maintain unrestricted reserves of at least £3,000, but usually has reserves, which are much higher.” — page 3
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Shareef. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Green Crescent Aid UK (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£15k
Reserves (reported)
£217k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Malawi · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.5m£1.4m
31/12/2023£1.1m£1.0m
31/12/2022£453k£432k
31/12/2021£552k£566k
31/12/2020£472k£429k

Common questions

Is GREEN CRESCENT AID UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £97,631 and held unrestricted reserves of £209,627 at the year end. The trustees confirm that the charity has sufficient funds to continue operating for at least the next 12 months. The charity relies on public donations for its principal funding sources. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Shareef.

Who funds GREEN CRESCENT AID UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GREEN CRESCENT AID UK as a grant recipient include HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HAJI RAFIQUE FOUNDATIONFY2024£7kMalawi Fitrana meals

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CRESCENT RELIEF (LONDON).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GREEN CRESCENT AID UK£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
CRESCENT RELIEF (LONDON) FY2025£227k—0unclear—no doubt
CRESCENT LEARNING CENTRE (MAKKI MASJID TRUST) FY2025£486k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CRESCENT TRUST FY2025£195k—0unclear—no doubt
CRESS FY2025£328k—0unclear—no doubt
GLOBAL GREENGRANTS FUND UK FY2025£4.9m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.